Category: activision

What Activision’s YouTube deal says about Call of Duty esports

[ad_1] The disparity between these two leagues can’t solely be explained by Twitch viewership. The 2019 Call of Duty finals drew a peak concurrent audience of just 182,000 on Twitch, according to The Esports Observer, and this year’s 330,000 figure was actually a record for the franchise. In terms of live esports audience numbers, Call […]

‘Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’ multiplayer is smooth and slightly neon

[ad_1] Also, it’s not like that’s a bad thing. Call of Duty remains at the top of the sales charts every year because Activision has perfected the formula for a blockbuster FPS, and players keep coming back for more. The main driver of this sustained interest is multiplayer, and with Black Ops Cold War, developers […]

Call of Duty League is moving to four-player teams next season

[ad_1] Call of Duty esports centered around four-player teams for many years before the 2018-2019 World League season. Indeed, the move marks a “return to our roots,” CDL Commissioner Johanna Faries suggested in an announcement. “This decision was made in close collaboration with our teams and players, and it was not made lightly.” The league […]

‘Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’ lands on November 13th

[ad_1] The question was asked for the same likely reason Activision has never greenlit a Call of Duty game dedicated to The Vietnam war: The US military’s actions in Vietnam were atrocious and widely regarded as a massive mistake.  Fueled by anti-communist sentiment, the US government aligned itself with South Vietnam in the mid-1950s, and […]

‘Black Ops: Cold War’ is the next Call of Duty game.

[ad_1] After trying to make a statement about modern warfare, the Call of Duty franchise is returning to a more distant conflict. On Wednesday, series publisher Activision shared the first teaser for Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War (proper title punctuation to be determined). Activision promises to share more about the new entry, including gameplay footage, on […]

Doritos may have spoiled the next ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ game

[ad_1] These are the two Doritos Double XP promotional images that I was DM’d earlier from an anonymous source for Call of Duty 2020 Black Ops Cold War. I was too worried about copyright issues to post them earlier but since CharlieIntel shared them I (assume?) they’re safe. pic.twitter.com/yvvjH7CvKU — TheGamingRevolution (@TheGamingRevo3) July 26, 2020 […]

‘Crash Bandicoot 4’ pretends the PS2-era games never happened

[ad_1] Crash 4 picks up some time after the events of Crash Bandicoot: Warped. Decades after Neo Cortex, Dr. N. Tropy and Uka Uka were stranded on a distant planet, the villains manage to escape but leave a giant hole in the space-time fabric. They’ll try once again to rule the multiverse, but a certain […]

‘Crash Bandicoot 4’ will be revealed tomorrow at 11AM ET

[ad_1] The Crash Bandicoot series is finally getting a modern sequel — not a remaster or a kart racer. Toys for Bob and Activision have announced that they’re revealing Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time on June 22nd at 11AM Eastern, including a stream at Summer Game Fest. The teaser video doesn’t say much, but […]

Watch the first private ‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ tournament at 3PM ET

[ad_1] Activision is ready to show what all-pro Call of Duty: Warzone tourneys are like. The gaming giant is debuting the first Call of Duty League Warzone Weekend today (May 24th) at 3PM Eastern, marking the start of private lobby Warzone competitions. The 48-player event is pre-recorded, but it will show just what the league’s […]

Why Infinity Ward doesn’t call ‘CoD: Warzone’ a battle royale

[ad_1] Though Warzone only landed in March, Infinity Ward and Raven Software have already changed a lot about the Gulag in particular. The Gulag has historically been available in any mode — solos, trios or quads — but on May 8th, developers removed it from solos. The Gulag was replaced by a new Stimulus Solos […]